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3) Critical writing: a guide to writing a paper using the concepts and processes of critical thinking
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This step-by-step guide shows: how to construct a thesis statement and the other main points that constitute the structure of the paper ; how to write the paragraphs that make up the body of the paper ; how to engage in productive research in a planned, self-directed way ; how to make a point clear -- not just grammatically or stylistically but also how to clearly convey ideas to an audience ; how to think your way through the numerous unanticipated...
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Connors provides a history of composition and its pedagogical approaches to form, genre, and correctness. He shows where many of the today's practices and assumptions about writing come from, and he translates what our techniques and theories of teaching have said over time about our attitudes toward students, language and life. Connors locates the beginning of a new rhetorical tradition in the mid-nineteenth century, and from there, he discusses...
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"When most people think of wikis, the first - and usually the only - thing that comes to mind is Wikipedia. The editors of Wiki Writing: Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom, Robert E. Cummings and Matt Barton, have assembled a collection of essays that challenges this common misconception, providing an engaging and helpful array of perspectives on the many pressing theoretical and practical issues that wikis raise. Written in an engaging...
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Engaging Ideas is a practical nuts-and-bolts guide for teachers from any discipline who want to design interest-provoking writing and critical thinking activities and oncorporate them into their courses in a way that encourages inquiry, exploration, discussion, and debate. The book also shows how writing can easily be integrated with such other critical thinking activities as inquiry discussions, simulation games, classroom debates, interactive lectures,...
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Information literacy involves a combination of reading, writing, and critical thinking. Librarians in an academic library, while not directly responsible for teaching those skills, are involved in making such literacy part of the students' learning process. Broussard approaches the misconceptions about the relationship between libraries as a source of information literacy, and offers suggestions on providing students support when working on research...
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"Naming what we know examines the core principles of knowledge in the discipline of writing studies using the lens of "threshold concepts"--Concepts that are critical for epistemological participation in a discipline"--Provided by publisher.
Naming What We Know, Classroom Edition examines the core principles of knowledge in the discipline of writing studies, using the lens of "threshold concepts"--Concepts that are critical for epistemological participation...
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